SP&O Announces Opera Finale, The Barber of Seville

Posted on November 4, 2019January 27, 2020 by Charla Lawson

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SACRAMENTO PHILHARMONIC & OPERA ANNOUNCES OPERA FINALE, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is pleased to announce the Opera Finale on April 25, 2020 will be a performance of Rossini’s hilarious comedy The Barber of Seville. Presented in the same semi-staged manner as last season’s stunning performance of Rigoletto, the production will be directed by Jennifer Williams. Christoph Campestrini (Tosca, 2017; Opera Favorites, 2018) returns to conduct.

Director Jennifer Williams is a Fulbright Scholar who specializes in site-specific and audience immersive opera presentations. In addition to leading new productions of standard repertory works at Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Austin Opera and others around the country, Jennifer has directed performance installations throughout New York City and Washington D.C., incorporating the venue into the telling of the story. She will bring this unique skill set to the performance of The Barber of Seville in Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium to create a fun and unique experience for those in attendance.

“Having visited Sacramento recently to tour the Memorial Auditorium, I am so excited for the opportunities to utilize the entire space for this performance,” said Jennifer Williams. “The building lends itself incredibly well to surround the audience with the action and engage patrons in fun ways throughout the opera. It will upend a lot of assumptions about what going to the opera can be like. This Barber of Seville will be a unique experience for our audience – We’re going to have a good time with this performance!”

Tickets are available at SacPhilOpera.org or by calling the SP&O Box Office at 916-476-5975.

Press Contact:
Jamie Padilla
916-476-5981
jpadilla@sacphilopera.org

Rigoletto Cast Announced

Posted on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 by Charla Lawson

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SACRAMENTO PHILHARMONIC & OPERA PRESENTS OPERA FINALE, RIGOLETTO

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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera brings a dramatic, masterfully imagined opera to the Sacramento Community Center Theater with Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto on Saturday, April 13, 2019. The semi-staged production will feature the orchestra at the heart of the action juxtaposed by a uniquely designed set and nationally recognized artists in full costume. The opera acts as the 2018-2019 Classics Series finale, bringing to a close the SP&O’s most impactful season yet.

“Opera is at home in Sacramento and we couldn’t be more proud of that. After the success of Tosca last year it was clear that the artistic quality and emotion of this year’s opera had to resonate even more,” said Executive Director Alice Sauro.

Verdi’s tragic masterpiece of passion and retribution revolves around a lecherous duke who lives to take his pleasure and his twisted court jester named Rigoletto who lives to take his revenge. The opera’s original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto’s encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save him from the assassin hired by her father.

Grammy award-winning conductor Michael Christie makes his debut on Sacramento’s operatic stage to take patrons on the treacherous journey of love and betrayal. He is joined by a star-studded cast featuring lauded artists from around the nation including: rich-voiced baritone Joshua Jeremiah, colorful tenor Rafael Mouras, powerful soprano Monica Dewey, and more. The production is led by award-winning stage director Michael Mori who is known for working in both urban site-specific settings as well as conventional opera houses.

“We’re doing something different here. With a semi-staged opera, an incredible amount of energy goes into the musical details, and bringing them to sparkling life requires an excellent cast. That’s what makes this a truly unique presentation. It’s a new way to experience opera and we look forward to sharing this together,” said Sauro.

A limited number of tickets are still available at SacPhilOpera.org.

Performance Date: Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Location: Sacramento Community Center Theater
Director: Michael Mori
Conductor: Michael Christie

Cast:

Rigoletto                                 Joshua Jeremiah
Duke                                          Rafael Moras
Gilda                                          Monica Dewey
Sparafucile                            Kenneth Kellogg
Maddalena                           Julie Miller
Giovanna                                Hilary Taylor
Count Ceprano                   Niels Krop
Countess Ceprano           Caroline Hewitt
Matteo Borsa                      Aaron Gallington
Count Monterone             Chauncey Blade
Marullo                                    Jared Guest
Herald                                      Adriel Cruz

Cast bios can be found at SacPhilOpera.org/season/guest-soloists/

About Michael Mori, director
Michael Hidetoshi Mori is an award-winning Canadian/American stage director, and the Artistic Director of Tapestry Opera in Toronto, Canada. A trained baritone and actor, Michael made his performance debut in New York City at the age of 11 with the Dicapo Opera, and as a child performing artist he toured the U.S. and Europe extensively. After completing Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in opera performance at the University of British Columbia, Michael obtained diplomas from Die Wiener Meisterkurse, Vienna, and Die Universität Mozarteum Sommerakademia, Salzburg.

A highlight among Michael’s most innovative projects is Tapestry Explorations (Tap:Ex), an annual concert experience that collides opera with other artistic forms. The series has experimented with fully choreographed art-music (Revolutions), synthesizing cut-film, track, turn-table, live soprano and percussion (Tables-Turned), and a new collaboration with punk band Fu*ked Up (Metallurgy). Past credits as a stage director or assistant director have included productions in Toronto, Vancouver, St. John’s, Columbus and Dallas.

About Michael Christie, conductor
Michael Christie is a thoughtfully innovative conductor, equally at home in the symphonic and opera worlds, who is focused on making the audience experience at his performances entertaining, enlightening, and enriching. He is the newly appointed Music Director of the New West Symphony, serving the greater Los Angeles area in Thousand Oaks and Oxnard, California. The New York Times reports, “Michael Christie is a director open to adventure and challenge,” and the Cincinnati Enquirer declares, “If Michael Christie represents the future of music in this country, the future looks promising indeed.”

Christie won a 2019 Grammy Award (Best Opera Recording) for the world premiere recording of Mason Bates’ The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with The Santa Fe Opera (PENTATONE). In 2017, Christie led the world premiere performances at The Santa Fe Opera, “with suave assurance” (San Francisco Chronicle), with “precision and pizzazz” (Santa Fe New Mexican), and “preside[d] over an expertly executed performance” (The Financial Times).

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What began as the Sacramento Symphony in 1927 is now combined into the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, returning with authority as a melded organization in 2015. The organization is now entering its fifth season under the executive leadership of Alice Sauro, and once again offers musical power, beauty, and innovation. As one of the Central Valley’s premier arts ensembles, the organization continues to bring the very best artistic talent to audiences throughout the region.

Press Contact:
Jamie Padilla
916-476-5981
jpadilla@sacphilopera.org

Michael Christie Press Contact:
Maggie Stapleton
646-536-7864 x 2
maggie@jensenartists.com

2019-2020 SEASON ANNOUNCED

Posted on March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 by Charla Lawson

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SACRAMENTO PHILHARMONIC & OPERA ANNOUNCES 2019-2020 SEASON

“All of Sacramento Becomes the Stage” During Year-long Community Center Theater Renovation

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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. For the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera’s 2019-2020 season, all of Sacramento will become the Orchestra’s stage. With the Orchestra’s home, the Sacramento Community Center Theater beginning a year-long renovation, the seven concert series will feature symphonic and operatic programs in three magnificent venues: Memorial Auditorium, Fremont Presbyterian Church, and Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The Orchestra will return to the renovated Community Center Theater in Fall of 2020.

“We took a tour of the city in search of venues that would beautifully illustrate the interplay of music and Sacramento culture. The venues we selected will showcase music programmed specifically to the acoustic of each,” said Executive Director Alice Sauro. “Of course as our concerts have been serving so many community members, it was important to us to find spaces where we could accommodate everybody, so for the first time there will be some programs with two nights of concerts.”

SP&O’s fifth season will open on Saturday, October 19, 2019 with Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” in the historic Memorial Auditorium—the same location where Sacramento’s first orchestra appeared. The season opener will feature returning conductor Andrew Grams and violin prodigy William Hagen, who made his professional debut at age 9. Another homage to Sacramento, the concert begins with Wagner’s March from Tannhauser, which inaugurated Memorial in 1927.

Also performing in Memorial Auditorium are Christopher Rountree making his SP&O debut, and Christoph Campestrini, returning to curate another exciting opera production. Rountree will lead the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s rousing “1812 Overture” and the newly premiered commission by living Grammy-nominated composer Zhou Tian, celebrating a Sacramento milestone: the 150^th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Operas have consistently been the SP&O’s sensational season closers, and the 19-20 season will be no different. “To have the opportunity to produce an opera in this Memorial Auditorium excites the imagination. We’re taking our time to get all of the elements in place to assure success, but we can say we’re thrilled for conductor Christoph Campestrini to make his return to Sacramento for this production,” said Sauro. The opera will be announced in Fall 2019.

Fremont Presbyterian Church, with its grand and powerful pipe organ, will thunder in Saint-Saens’ roaring “Organ Symphony,” led by Robert Moody, Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra — plus symphonies of Beethoven and Mozart. “In our venue search, we were thrilled by the sound that emerged from the pipe organ and through every corner of the stained glass filled church. It became apparent that it was imperative to highlight the instrument, so this unique three-part concert will begin with a recital by sensational organist, James Jones,” said Sauro. The church will also see the return of Grammy award winner Michael Christie conducting the popular Opera Favorites program.

One of Sacramento’s downtown jewels, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament will cradle Faure’s tender Requiem, and intimate works of Vaughn-Williams and Tallis in a way that transports patrons out of the hustle and bustle of the city into the Renaissance.

“It’s a transformative space that allows for fluid acoustics which brilliantly sets the stage for Maestro Douglas Boyd and the orchestra to perform ‘Music of the Spirit’, ” added Sauro.

The Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues with a special holiday season kick-off concert conducted by Sean O’Laughlin. He and the orchestra are joined by Marcus Scott, the current lead singer of famed Oakland funk and soul band, Tower of Power. His spirited energy will put a new spin on the classic holiday concert.

Pricing remains patron-centric and has not increased for the 19-20 Season. Subscription packages start at $156. Subscription information for renewing subscribers has just been released. Patrons seeking to become subscribers are encouraged to order now to guarantee the best seating. Single tickets may be purchased in late August, following Subscriber Courtesy Week when subscribers will be able to purchase additional single tickets in advance of public release. Subscriptions may be purchased by calling our box office at 916-476-5975 or by visiting SacPhilOpera.org.

Season at a Glance

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Press Contact:
Jamie Padilla
916-476-5981
jpadilla@sacphilopera.org

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE FOR FIRST ALL-AMERICAN PROGRAM

Posted on February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 by Charla Lawson

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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE FOR FIRST ALL-AMERICAN PROGRAM, RHAPSODY IN BLUE
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is excited to announce their first ever All-American orchestral program featuring an artist-in-residence: contemporary composer, Loren Loiacono! The week leading up to the highly-anticipated presentation of Rhapsody in Blue on February 23, 2019 includes topical performance and engagement events throughout the Sacramento districts, focused on exploring the tradition and trajectory of orchestral music made in America. Featured speakers and performers include Ms. Loiacono, Maestro David Alan Miller, soloist Kevin Cole and members of the SP&O philharmonic.

“Sacramento is such a forward thinking city with a deep appreciation for the arts, so it’s the perfect place to showcase living music,” said Executive Director, Alice Sauro. “Our musicians will work directly with Loren in a real-time collaboration. The result will be an authentic expression of her piece that is unique to our audience—our community right here and now. That’s not an opportunity you get with most of the classical canon!”

The culminating program, led by Grammy Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller, celebrates the American tradition with works by Gershwin while also guiding patrons into the future of the art form through the esteemed work by Loiacono, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork by her late teacher, Steven Stucky.

The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is dedicated to increasing the knowledge of the existence and importance of repertoire, composers, influences, and extensive relevance of Americans’ work in the Classical genre as part of history and the future.

“When we take on new works, our audience is shaping what future generations will know as core repertoire,” said Sauro. “Over two hundred years ago, Beethoven was just one of hundreds of composers. It was through the community discourse of audiences who ultimately demanded to hear his music, that he is a household name today. It’s our duty to move the art form forward for generations to come and to foster these conversations in our community.”

Artist-in-Residence Events:

February 18
Sacramento State Women in Business Meeting – 6:00pm
Loiacono and Sauro will speak to a select group of Sac State college students and community members about navigating the business side of the arts as a musician, composer, administrator, and entrepreneur.

February 19
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Sacramento, Teichert Branch (Lemon Hill Ave.) – 4:30pm
SP&O string quartet will play selections of American music, co-curated and hosted by Loiacono, to educate, engage, and inspire, children and teens through the power of music. Prior to concert, families can interact hands-on with our Instrument Discovery Zone.

February 20
Sophie’s Place – 3:30pm
SP&O string quartet will perform for patients from Sutter Children’s Hospital, hosted by Loiacono. Young patients will be exposed to the transformative power of music through a beautifully moving and interactive therapeutic experience.

Guest Artist-on-the-Go Sacramento State School of Music Workshop – 7:00pm
Loren and Maestro Miller will speak to students from the Sac State Music and Composition Programs, as well as other college and high school students and teachers from various regional music programs. Attendees will be treated to a discussion about making music and making a name for yourself in the music industry today.

February 21
Insight with Beth Ruyak, Capital Public Radio – 9:00am
Beth Ruyak will interview Loiacono about being a 21st century artist, the ins-and-outs of being a composer, curator, and entrepreneur, and an insight into her greatest inspirations.

Guest Artist-on-the-Go Open Rehearsal – 6:45pm
Music students and teachers from across the region will witness the real-time collaboration as composer Loiacono interacts with the orchestra to perfect their interpretation of her piece . The evening will feature a meet-and-greet with Loiacono and Miller. Creative writers of the 916 Ink organization will also collaborate with the SP&O to create literary pieces inspired by the music on the program and the interaction and experiences they have with the guest artists.

February 22
Private Donor Event
Local chef will prepare an interactive meal with guest artists Loiacono and Miller, featuring a culinary interpretation of the weekend musical program. This event will highlight the intersection of culinary and musical arts.

February 23
Rhapsody in Blue – 8:00pm
The culminating concert event, Rhapsody in Blue, will be held at the Community Center Theater at 8:00pm. The pre-concert lecture featuring soloist, Kevin Cole, Loren Loiacono and David Alan Miller will start at 7:00pm.

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What began as the Sacramento Symphony in 1948 is now combined into the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, returning with authority as a melded organization in 2015. The organization is now in its fourth season under the executive leadership of Alice Sauro, and once again offers musical power, beauty, and innovation. As one of the Central Valley’s premier arts ensembles, the organization continues to bring the very best artistic talent to audiences throughout the region.

Press Contact:
Jamie Padilla
916-476-5981
jpadilla@sacphilopera.org

Beethoven Festival: Two Sold Out Weeks!

Posted on January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 by Charla Lawson

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BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL: TWO SOLD OUT WEEKS!
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. January 29, 2019. The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is pleased to announce the 2019 Beethoven Festival as its most successful concert series yet with back-to-back sold out performances! In addition to record ticket sales, this Beethoven Festival stands out thanks to the involvement of internationally recognized conductor and pianist, and former Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane.

The kick-off weekend featured Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and Fourth Piano Concerto. The festival finale, a week later, included the popular Fifth Symphony, Choral Fantasy, and excerpts from Mass in C.

“Clearly, Sacramento loves classical music and it’s exciting to be able to share this success with the community,” said Executive Director Alice Sauro. “We’re so grateful to our patrons for being on this journey with us and embracing all the new, exciting things brought to the stage and into the community.”

Since their 2015 return as a combined organization, the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera has increased subscription sales by fifty percent, consistently sold out classical concerts, and continued to solidify a place on the Sacramento arts scene.

“Patrons often tell us they enjoy the variety of conductors and guest soloists who are presented in a way they’ve never experienced before,” said Sauro. “As we’ve further embedded ourselves into the community, attracting artists at the caliber of Maestro Kahane has been vital. That, combined with the artistic growth of the orchestra, is a true testament to how far the organization has come—and we have so much more to share with the Sacramento region.”

The highly anticipated 2018-19 season continues with programs highlighting all American composers for the first time, and finishes with a robust semi-staging of the beloved opera, Rigoletto. The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is also slated to soon announce its 2019-20 season.

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Press Contact:
Jamie Padilla
916-476-5981
jpadilla@sacphilopera.org

Tosca to be presented in semi-staged production

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Charla Lawson

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SP&O TO PRESENT PUCCINI’S “TOSCA” ON MAY 5
FULL CONCERT PERFORMANCE TO BE SEMI-STAGED

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The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera (SP&O) is proud to announce that the performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca on May 5, 2018 will be presented in a semi-staged production. The production, which will bring the record-setting 2017/18 season to a stunning close, will feature cast and chorus in full costume and make up with dramatic lighting. The orchestra, on stage during the production, will be situated on a specially designed set to enhance the visual beauty of the performance and place Puccini’s orchestra at the heart of the action.

Mark Streshinsky, the General Director of the incredibly creative West Edge Opera in Berkeley, will direct a cast of singers drawn from around the country. Mr. Streshinsky, who has directed productions at some of the leading opera houses in the United States, brings years of experience designing creative productions for unique spaces and semi-staged productions with orchestra. The highly lauded Christoph Campestrini will conduct the performance. Lynne Giovannetti, long-time costume designer for the Sacramento Opera, will design costumes for this production. The full cast will be announced on March 19, 2018.

Alice Sauro, Executive Director of the SP&O said: “We are thrilled to present Tosca, one of Puccini’s grandest symphonic operatic masterworks. It further demonstrates our desire to serve the opera and theater lovers of our community. This symphonic realization of Tosca, elaborately semi-staged, takes us that much closer to staged opera in seasons to come as the company secures and sustains a financially responsible future.”

Laurie Nelson, Immediate Past President of the SP&O Board of Directors and longtime champion of opera in Sacramento, said: “I am so excited that we are enhancing this performance of Tosca. The Board of Directors has been actively working over the last couple of years to fulfill the promise we made to the region’s opera lovers. We are enthusiastic about the future of opera at SP&O in this supportive community.”

Just a few tickets remain for the single performance of Tosca on May 5, 2018, and are selling swiftly. Please visit www.SacPhilOpera.org for more information.

Performance Date: Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Location: Sacramento Community Center Theater
Director: Mark Streshinsky
Conductor: Christoph Campestrini
Costume Designer: Lynne Giovannetti
Cast: TBA on March 19, 2018

About Mark Streshinsky
Mark Streshinsky has created many productions for West Edge Opera, starting in 2003 with Eugene Onigin and continuing with productions of Legend of the Ring, Xerxes, Ariadne auf Naxos and many others. Nationally, Mark has been on the staging staffs of several large companies including San Francisco Opera, The Dallas Opera, Los Angeles Opera and New York City Opera. He has directed his own productions for Florida Grand Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Boston Baroque, Cincinnati Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. For the Reina Sofia Opera House in Valencia, Spain he directed Massenet’s Manon. Mark has worked with students at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Yale Graduate School of Opera and the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Outside of the opera world, Mark has an association with The Crucible center for industrial art where he has created several fire performances, most recently “Machine” — a fire opera for which he wrote the libretto and directed and produced the huge fiery production.

NANCY MCRAE FISHER TO EXPAND HER SPONSORSHIP

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Digital Gear

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The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera today announces Nancy McRae Fisher as 2017-2018 Season Sponsor for its six-concert Classics Series and its three-concert Pops Series. After sponsoring the Pops Series for the very successful 2016-2017 season, which saw several sold-out concerts and many for which the second balcony was opened, Ms. Fisher decided to expand her sponsorship to cover both Series. The extraordinarily generous gift demonstrates the renewed trust in the organization, further solidifying the SP&O’s place within the community as a vital and sustainable cultural ambassador.

A prominent local business woman, Ms. Fisher and her husband founded Hank Fisher Properties in 1979 and until recently she was acting president and CEO. Throughout her career, Ms. Fisher has been an unwavering and steadfast supporter of the arts in Sacramento and one of the SP&O’s most tireless advocates.

“The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera represents an important part of a vibrant lifestyle that defines Sacramento,” said Ms. Fisher. “I am so very impressed with the talented, creative, and professional members of the staff and orchestra and their variety of classical as well as Pops styles that create truly exciting performances. I hope that you will attend a performance and realize how fortunate we are to have this outstanding orchestra in our community. You will enjoy a most memorable experience.”

“Nancy Fisher’s gift sends a clear message and signals a great deal of confidence in us,” said Executive Director, Alice Sauro. “Our path of fiscal responsibility and artistic excellence put us on an upward trajectory and Nancy recognizes that and believes in us. We’re not only thrilled but we couldn’t be more grateful for this kind of support.”

“It’s a game changer,” says Board President, Laurie Nelson. “A sponsorship of this magnitude is absolutely transformative—it helps us get to that next level and lets us continue to bring the joy of classical music to Sacramento’s cultural landscape.”

The upcoming season’s programming will include repertoire by Brahms, Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Pops concerts showcasing The Music of Prince, ABBA, and favorite hits from Hollywood films. Once again an array of guest conductors and virtuoso soloists will be featured. “It’s support from people like Nancy that make all this possible. Period,” emphasizes Sauro. “To garner so much talent takes more than ticket sales and Nancy understands just how much goes into each and every concert.”

Also new for the 2017-2018 season is the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera’s Wellness Program, which just rolled out with a yearlong series at Sophie’s Place, a pediatric music therapy center at Sutter Children’s Hospital. The program brings in small ensembles, so that pediatric patients get to experience the healing powers of music in a tranquil yet engaging environment.

Find out more about the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera 2017-2018 season and the Wellness Program by going to sacphilopera.org.

2017-18 Season Announced

Posted on February 26, 2017December 3, 2018 by Digital Gear

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Classics & Pops Series Return

Sacramento Favorite, Rachel Barton Pine, The Music of Prince, and Puccini’s Tosca Are Season Hightlights

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Sacramento, CA (February 24, 2015) – The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera returns to the Community Center Theater stage for its 2017-2018 season after another record-breaking year. The Classics Series season will open on October 14, 2017 with Brahams’ Symphony No. 1 and acclaimed violinist Rachel Barton Pine’s dramatic interpretation of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Ms. Pine has performed regularly with the orchestra. Mirroring the 2016-2017 season’s Beethoven Festival, the 2017-2018 season will boast a two weekend festival focusing on Russian Composers. Internationally celebrated pianist, Andrew von Oeyen, will be in residency for the entirety of the Russian Festival. This six-concert Classics series will conclude with one of the operatic repertoire’s most performed and beloved works, Puccini’s Tosca, on May 5, 2018.

The Pops Series will once again commence on Thanksgiving Day Weekend with an unforgettable evening of the “Music of Prince” in honor of the music icon. Collaborating alongside the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera will be a rock band to perform Prince’s greatest hits. Tickets are expected to sell out. Purchasing a Pops Series Subscription is strongly recommended to secure the “Music of Prince” tickets.

Pricing remains “patron-centric” and has not increased for the 17-18 Seasons. Subscription packages start at $135 for the six concert Classics Series and $111 for the Pops Series. Packages for returning patrons are on sale now and subscriptions for new patrons will be on sale in mid-April. Subscriptions may be purchased by calling our box office at 916-594-7333.

Repertoire, artists, and conductors were programmed and selected by Erik Rӧnmark, Artistic Advisor to the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, who is also the Vice President and General Manager of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

RALEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INVESTS $300,000 IN THE SP&O

Posted on October 5, 2016January 16, 2019 by Digital Gear

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RALEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INVESTS $300,000 IN
THE SACRAMENTO PHILHARMONIC & OPERA
Nancy McRae Fisher Renews Pops! Season Underwriting

The Thomas P. Raley Foundation has invested $300,000 to support the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera over the next three years. Thomas P. Raley was the founder of Raley’s Supermarkets, which also owns Bel Air Markets and Nob Hill Foods. The Thomas P. Raley Foundation and family have a long history of funding and expanding the arts in the Sacramento region.
“The Thomas P. Raley Foundation is delighted to support the artistic endeavors of the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera,” said Joyce Raley Teel, the daughter of Thomas P. Raley, who serves as the co-chair of the foundation with her husband Jim Teel. “The leadership has shown great fiscal responsibility and artistic programming that is accessible to our community and we have faith in the organization.”
Upon its return to the stage in 2015, the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera set new records for season subscriptions and single ticket sales, all while operating within budget. Audiences and donors are enthusiastically reinvesting to once again make the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera a valued, viable asset and priority for the entire community.
“From our board to the staff and musicians, we are so grateful for the Thomas P. Raley Foundation’s continued support and sincere faith in our efforts. This past year we have demonstrated a path to sustainability and how vital the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera is within the arts community in the Sacramento region. When the arts thrive, the benefits transcend beyond entertainment to education and community outreach initiatives. We’re here to stay, and it is wonderful that the Thomas P. Raley Foundation recognizes our efforts and accomplishments,” said Laurie Nelson, Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera board president.
“We are deeply appreciative to the Thomas P. Raley Foundation for its generous support and sincere faith in our efforts,” said Alice Sauro, Executive Director of the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera. “This major gift is the first step of many in restoring the long-term health of the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera. As such, we have positioned their $100,000 gift as a Challenge Grant, matching dollar-for-dollar all new and increased gifts from other individuals, companies, and foundations through December 31, 2016.” The 2016-17 season will be further supported by the generosity of Nancy McRae Fisher, who will underwrite the Pops! Series for the second year in a row.
“Last year was astonishing. The Pops! Series was not only fun but literally filled the house! They are continually breaking records, bringing in new audiences, and reinvigorating classical music in the region. I am thrilled to be a part of it again for the 2016-17 season,” said Fisher. To make a donation towards the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera and Thomas P. Raley Foundation matching challenge, please call 916-476-5975 or visit www.SacPhilOpera.org.

SP&O Breaks 10-Year Subscription Record!

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Digital Gear

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Due in part to the wildly successful attendance of our second concert of the Resurrection season, we’ve broken a 10-year subscription record and have a 60% Increase in subscriptions since the 2012-2013 season! We are also thrilled to announce our $100,000 Fortissimo Challenge grant.